![]() ![]() The original owner of the book was German botanist Robert Caspary, who corresponded frequently with Darwin. The book was among a number of first edition presentation copies that were sent to family and friends shortly after it was published. ![]() His revolutionary scientific theory is considered a turning point in the history of science as it clashed with religious beliefs in creation. The book had been held in a private collection for almost 100 years.ĭarwin, a British naturalist and biologist who developed the theory of evolution by observing and studying birds, plants and fossils around the world, published the book in 1859. A first edition of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species has sold for more than half a million dollars at auction, setting a world record, Bonhams auction house said.īonhams said the 160-year-old copy of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was sold for $500,075 (€445,000) to an anonymous telephone buyer following a four-way bidding battle that ended at midnight on Thursday. ![]()
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